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Mrs. Depaepe from Rock Island IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Wheee! Roller Coasters! Science?

My students need books about amusement parks.

  • $218 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Wheee! Roller coasters! Are you a thrill seeker? Our kids are!

Our population is 54% free or reduced price lunch kids coming from a very diverse community of ethnicity and economic stature.

Nearly all kids can relate to roller coasters; be it the local carnival that comes to town or trips to Disney World. Offering books about things kids like will encourage their reading.

My Project

There is a magic to weightlessness, G-forces, and other forces of energy. When riding an amusement park ride, the last thing on the mind is what science is taking place. In enjoyable, interesting books, the students will learn about force and motion without intending to.

Your donation to this project will put science books into our kids hands.

The beauty of it is that they won't think of the books as science books! The only way to really understand a concept, in any subject, is for the topic to be relevant. You can't get much more relevant than amusement parks!

Mrs. Depaepe
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Abandoned Amusement Parks (Scary Places) • Amazon $22.74 1 $22.74
BIG Roller Coasters • Amazon $22.02 1 $22.02
Amazing Amusement Park Rides (So Big Compared to What?) • Amazon $20.34 1 $20.34
Heart-Stopping Roller Coasters (World's Biggest) • Amazon $20.34 1 $20.34
Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game • Amazon $7.76 2 $15.52
Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow • Amazon $7.60 2 $15.20
Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn • Amazon $7.14 2 $14.28
Kingdom Keepers VI: Dark Passage • Amazon $7.08 2 $14.16
How Amusement Parks Work: Geology and Weather (Science Readers) • Amazon $7.96 1 $7.96

Materials cost

$152.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$184.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.62

Total project goal

$217.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$217.47

7 Donors

-$203.47

Donations toward project cost

-$172.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.52

Matching donations from our partners

-$14.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$11.90

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.10

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$0.00

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